Doggy Doors...What to do? - Home Energy Pros2015-03-31T18:30:02Zhttp://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/forum/topics/doggy-doors-what-to-do?commentId=6069565%3AComment%3A98621&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noTroy, trust me when I say I a…tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2012-11-16:6069565:Comment:986212012-11-16T12:22:49.171ZPatrick Michaelyanhttp://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/PatrickMichaelyan
<p>Troy, trust me when I say I am already going to move on a host of air sealing projects for these HOs, but I really want to address the pet door as well.</p>
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<p>Disclaimer: I am a huge air sealing guy. I push it like you read about. I also consider myself one of the best air sealing techs.</p>
<p>Troy, trust me when I say I am already going to move on a host of air sealing projects for these HOs, but I really want to address the pet door as well.</p>
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<p>Disclaimer: I am a huge air sealing guy. I push it like you read about. I also consider myself one of the best air sealing techs.</p> Pretty lame. I get the whole…tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2012-11-16:6069565:Comment:986192012-11-16T12:21:07.644ZPatrick Michaelyanhttp://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/PatrickMichaelyan
<p>Pretty lame. I get the whole nostalgia concept but let's be an adult about this. Fortunately, I am not looking at the same roadblock (as these HOs have a bunch of work to perform to get their house to where it should be).</p>
<p>Pretty lame. I get the whole nostalgia concept but let's be an adult about this. Fortunately, I am not looking at the same roadblock (as these HOs have a bunch of work to perform to get their house to where it should be).</p> Another trick I've seen is to…tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2012-11-15:6069565:Comment:985432012-11-15T19:35:47.165ZTroy Spindlerhttp://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/TroySpindler
<p>Another trick I've seen is to dedicate the bottom half of a cabinet as a vestibule/mud-room with a second air-lock flapper like Peter suggests. Obviously you'ed need to design some people access to clean it out occasionally, but I agree with Glen re. the other 4000 cfm. </p>
<p>Another trick I've seen is to dedicate the bottom half of a cabinet as a vestibule/mud-room with a second air-lock flapper like Peter suggests. Obviously you'ed need to design some people access to clean it out occasionally, but I agree with Glen re. the other 4000 cfm. </p> I recently had a similar situ…tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2012-11-15:6069565:Comment:985382012-11-15T17:02:29.133ZRon Joneshttp://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/RonJones
<p>I recently had a similar situation, only the doggy door was big enough for an adolescent to crawl through. When I told my client she should consider replacing the door, she waxed nostalgic about the happy times when her dog and children would chase each other through the door. She made it clear she'd never replace the thing. I still haven't done any work for her.</p>
<p>I recently had a similar situation, only the doggy door was big enough for an adolescent to crawl through. When I told my client she should consider replacing the door, she waxed nostalgic about the happy times when her dog and children would chase each other through the door. She made it clear she'd never replace the thing. I still haven't done any work for her.</p> Locating Doggie Doors on Sout…tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2012-11-10:6069565:Comment:983242012-11-10T04:35:04.592ZBob Blanchettehttp://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/BobBlanchette
<p>Locating Doggie Doors on South or East walls helps a lot.</p>
<p>Locating Doggie Doors on South or East walls helps a lot.</p> Unless you live in Oklahoma.tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2012-11-10:6069565:Comment:980752012-11-10T04:34:11.878ZBob Blanchettehttp://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/BobBlanchette
<p>Unless you live in Oklahoma.</p>
<p>Unless you live in Oklahoma.</p> worry more about the other 40…tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2012-11-07:6069565:Comment:980152012-11-07T05:25:43.515ZGlen Gallohttp://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/GlenGallo
<p>worry more about the other 4000 cfm</p>
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<p>the air coming from the dog door is fresh air</p>
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<p>Where is the other 4000 cfm coming from?</p>
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<p>worry more about the other 4000 cfm</p>
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<p>the air coming from the dog door is fresh air</p>
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<p>Where is the other 4000 cfm coming from?</p>
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<p>S</p> Locating pet doors on a relat…tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2012-11-07:6069565:Comment:980092012-11-07T01:28:12.703Zpeter changhttp://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/peterchang
Locating pet doors on a relatively sheltered wall of the house could help. I've been designing a two door doggie airlock in my head. It would be disguised as a bench (or banco in my neck of the woods), be heavily insulated, and vented to the exterior to disperse pulses of wind back to the outside of the house. If the vent could exhaust around a corner from the exterior flap that would be best, and it should have some kind of a flapper to reduce air coming in it. Or build the whole thing on the…
Locating pet doors on a relatively sheltered wall of the house could help. I've been designing a two door doggie airlock in my head. It would be disguised as a bench (or banco in my neck of the woods), be heavily insulated, and vented to the exterior to disperse pulses of wind back to the outside of the house. If the vent could exhaust around a corner from the exterior flap that would be best, and it should have some kind of a flapper to reduce air coming in it. Or build the whole thing on the outside as a tunnel with exterior door at the end and vents both sides. The blower door test pressure…tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2012-11-06:6069565:Comment:981062012-11-06T23:46:38.563ZCurt Kinderhttp://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/CurtKinder
<p>The blower door test pressure of 50 Pa is roughly equivalent to a 20 mph wind, which is quite uncommon in most areas</p>
<p>The blower door test pressure of 50 Pa is roughly equivalent to a 20 mph wind, which is quite uncommon in most areas</p> I appreciate the frankness Se…tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2012-11-06:6069565:Comment:980012012-11-06T20:26:01.704ZPatrick Michaelyanhttp://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/PatrickMichaelyan
<p>I appreciate the frankness Sean (I really do).</p>
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<p>Let me look into this flap again, and maybe these folks are looking at the POS series pet flap.</p>
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<p>I appreciate the frankness Sean (I really do).</p>
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<p>Let me look into this flap again, and maybe these folks are looking at the POS series pet flap.</p>
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